Loom for weaving tufted or chenille fabrics.



P. A. WHITMORE. LOOM FOB. WEAVING TUFTED OR GEBNILLE FABRIOS.

Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

' APPLIOATION FILED 00T.10, 1908. 916,077.

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APPLICATION FILED 00T.10, 1908.

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V'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED A. WHITMORE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CROMPTON &KNOWLES LOOM WORKS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOM FOR WEAVING TUFTED OR CHENILLE FABRICS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. WHITMORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia vand State ofPennsylvania, have invented The object of my invention is to improve Aupon the mechanism which carries the chenille weft or fur through .theshed in the class of loomsreferred to, and my invention consists incertain novel features of constructionof my improvements as will behereinafter fully described. Y

I have shown in the drawings a detached portion of a loom of the classreferred to, with my improvements combined therewith, sufficient toenable those skilled in the art to understand the construction andoperation of the same.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a cross section through a loom ofthe c lass referred to, with my improvements combined therewith. Fig. 2is a plan view of the upper portion of the loom shown at the left in`Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow a, same figure. Fig. 3 is asection, on line 3, 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofarrow a, samefigure. Fig. 4 is a section, on line 4, 4, Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of arrow a., same figure. looking in the direction of arrowl), same figure. l

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is th loom side or end frame, 2 is thelay sword, pivotally mounted at its lower end at 3, and carrying the laybeam 4, with the reed 5 preferably open at its upper end. The lay sword2 is operated in the usual Way by mechanism, not shown, 6 are then'eedles which carry the binder warps 7, which are raised and lowered inthe usual way bymechanism, not shown. The binder warps 7 pass around thewhip rolls 8 and 9, respectively, 10 is the.

bottom shaft.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Application filed October 1Q, 1908.

Fig. 5 is a section, on line 5, 5, Fig. 1,

' Patented March 23, 1909.

Serial No. 457,088.

All of the above mentioned parts may be of the usual and well knownconstruction and form no part of my present improvements.

I will now describe my improvements.

Onthe lay sword 2 is adjustably fastened a clamp 11 on which arepivotally mounted, in this instance on opposite sides thereof, two rods12, and 13, termed starting rods, which are adapted to move back andforth with the lay sword 2. The opposite ends of the rods 12 and 13extend downwardly, and in a lower plane, and into annular grooves on adrum or double cam 14, which is loosely mounted on the bottom shaft 10,see Fig. 4.

. .The cam 14 is provided with the tooth portion 14, which meshes withand is driven by a gear 15 on a shaft 16, suitably mounted in a stand17, secured to the loom side, see Fig. 1. The other end of the shaft 16has mounted thereon agear 18, which meshes with a pinion 19 fast on thebottom shaft 10, see Fig. 4, so that the double cam 14 revolves half asfast as the bottom shaft 10, and is adapted to raise and lower the rearends of the starting rods 12, and 13, and if one rod is down the otherone is raised. As shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, the rod 12, at thefront, is lowered, and on the rearward movement of the lay sword 2, therod 12 is adapted to put the fur carrier mechanism into operation.

The lower end of a vertically extending shaft 20 has secured thereon thehub 21 of an angle lever 21; one arm of the angle lever 21 carries aroll 22, and the other arm carries a roll 28, see Fig. 4. By therearward movement of the lay, the lower rod 12 will be ushed behind theroll 22, and move the ever 21 from the position shown by dotted lines tothe position shown by full lines in Fig. 4, to revolve the verticalshaft 20 a predetermined amount in one direction. The upper end of theshaft 20 has secured thereon the hub 24 of an angle lever 24, see Figs.1 and 2. Onearm of the angle lever 24 is connected by a rod 25 with theclutch shipper lever 26. The other arm of the lever 24 is held by theequalizing springs 27 and 27', see Fig. 2. The two equalizing sprin s 27and 27l are ada ted to hold the vertica shaft 20 in its centra position,so that when the starting rod 12 is raised up from behind the roll 22 onthe lever 21, the spring 27 will pull the vertical shaft and the anglelevers thereon to their central position, and also the clutch lever 26.

As long as the vertical shaft 20 is held in position, as shown in thedrawings, the clutch 28 will be held in engagement with the clutch teethon the side of the gear 29. The gear 29 is loose on ythe main drivingshaft 30 of the fur carrier mechanism, and a second gear 31 is alsoloose on said shaft 30.' The clutch 28 slides on a key on the shaft 30,so that said clutch will revolve with said shaft, and may be moved onsaid shaft into mesh with the clutch teeth on the sides of the gears 29and 31.

As shown in Fig. 2, the clutch 28 is in mesh with the gear 29, whichmeshes with and drives a gear 32 mounted on the same shaft with a gear33, which meshes with and drives a gear 34 fast to the hub of the drums35, see Fig. 1. On the drum 35 is wound a cord 36, see Fig. l, which issecured to the fur carrier 37 Both ends of the cord 36 are secured tothe drum 35, and also pass across the loom and around a sheave on theopposite side of the loom, not shown, which sheave is used as atightener. As shown in the drawings, Fig. 3, the fur carrier in thisinstance starts to go from the right of the loom to the left of theloom, as indicated by the arrow in said figure.

The fur carrier mechanism herein shown is of the same construction andoperation as that shown in my pending application, Serial No. 442,824.

The vertical shaft 2O has mounted thereon a lever 38, see Figs. 3, and5, having two arms, each of Ywhich is provided with a set screw 39,adapted to be engaged by a lug 40 on one arm of a lever 40, which leveris centrally and pivotally mounted on a stud 41, on a bracket 42 securedto the loom side. The other arm of said lever 40 is connected to a rod43, which passes loosely through the fur carrier 37 and extends acrossthe loom.

On either end of the rod 43 is a collar 44, (only one end of the rod 43is shown in the drawings). When the fur carrier 37 has moved throughnearly its full travel, it will engage the collar 44 on the rod 43. Thecarrier 37 continues to move in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3,and moves the rod 43 with it, and also operates the lever 40, having anextension 40 thereon which extends between the forked end 45 of athree-armed lever 45, see Fig. 5, which lever has its hub looselymounted on a stud 46. The two hori- Zontally extending arms of the lever45 are connected by rods 47, and 48, with the start ing rods 12, and 13,respectively.

By operating the lever 40 as above described, and through the operationof the lever 45 and connector 47, the end of the starting rod 12 Will beraised and disengaged from the roll 22 on the lever 21, to allow saidlever 21 to move back to its central position from the action of theequalizing springs 27, and 27 and remove the clutch 28 from the gear 29to stop the motion of the fur carrier 37. If the equalizing springs 27and 27 fail to operate the u right shaft 2() and disengage the clutch,the ug 40 on the lever 40 will in the further movement of the furcarrier 37 engage one of the set screws 39 on the lever 38, and causethe rock shaft 20 to rock and bring the same into its central position.When the starting rod 1.3 is lowered by the action of the cam 14, andengages the roll 23 on the lever 21, every part will work in an oppositedirection to that above described, and the clutch 28 of the fur carriermechanism will move into engagement with the gear 31 said .gear 31meshes directly with the gear 34 on the drum 35 to revolve said drum inthe opposite direction, until the fur carrier 37, which is moved fromthe opposite end of the loom, engages the collar 44, to move the rod 43and operate the lever 40 in the opposite direction, and cause thethree-armed lever 45 to be rocked, and through the connecting rod 48lift the starting rod 13 out of engagement with the roll 23, to stop themotion of the fur carrier 37 in the same manner as above described.

While the fur carrier is in motion, the loom has to be stopped everysecond pick in thel manner to be hereinafter described. As the cam 14revolves at one-half of the speed of the bottom shaft 10, it will bringonly one of the starting rods 12 and 13 into operation every second ick.lVhen either of said rods 12 and 13 is a lowed to drop it moves theinside end of a lever 50 with it, by traveling' over rolls 51 and 51mounted on the arm of said lever, see Figs. 1, and 4. The lever 5() isloosely mounted on a stud 52, and the outer arm of said lever 50 will beraised through the connector 53 to the lever 54, and will cause thelever 54 to be raised into the position shown by the drawings. The lever54 is pivotally mounted on an angle lever 56 which is pivotally mountedat 56. The lug 54 on said lever 54 will be engaged by a stud 55 on thelay sword 2, see Fig. 1, as the lay sword 2 moves rearwardly, and thestud 55 will move the lever 54 with it, and will also operate the anglelever 56, suitably supported to operate mechanism, not shown,to stop theloom. In order to throw the fur carrier mechanism out of operation toweave the plain heading on a finished rug, there is a shaft 57, seeFigs. 1, and 4, which extends across the loom, which is operated androcked by any ordinary means, not shown. The shaft 57 has mountedthereon the hub 5S of a lever 58, which is connected through connector59 with the lever 50, to cause the lever 50 to be raised to lift eitherone of the starting rods 12 and 13,

and as long` as the starting rods are held in their raised position,they cannot start the fur carrier mechanism.

It will be understood that the details of construction of myimprovements may be varied if desired.

laving thus described my invention, whatI I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is z- 1. In a loom of the class described, twolevers having a reciprocating movement, a rock shaft adapted to be movedin one direction by one lever, and in the opposite direction by theother lever, mechanism for raising and lowering the ends of said leversalternately, a chenille weft or fur carrier, mechanism to operate saidcarrier, connections intermediate said carrier and said reciprocating`lever, to move one of said levers out of operative position, and allowthe other lever to be moved into operative position.

2. In a loom of the class described,two levers having areciprocatingmovement and connected to the lay sword of the loom, a rock shaftadapted to be moved in one direction by one lever, and in the oppositedirection by the other lever, mechanism for raising and lowering` theends of said levers alternately, a chenille weft or `fur carrier,mechanism to operate said carrier, connec tions intermediate saidcarrier and said reciprocating lever to move one of said levers out ofoperative position, and allow the other lever to be movedinto operativeposition.

3. In a loom of the class described, two levers havingl a reciprocating'movement, a rock shaft adapted to be moved in one direction by onelever, and in the opposite direction by the other lever, mechanism forraising` and lowering the ends of said levers alternately, a chenilleweft or fur carrier, mechanism to operate said carrier, connectionsintermediate said carrier and said reciprocating lever to move one ofsaid levers out of operative position, and allow the other lever to bemoved into operative position, and mechanism for holding` said tworeciprocating levers in an inoperative position.

4. -ln a loom of the class described, two levers having` a reciprocatingmovement, a rock shaft, ada ted to be moved in one direction by oneever, and in the opposite direction by the other lever, mechanism forraising` and lowering the ends of said levers alternately, a chenilleweft or fur carrier, mechanism 'to operate said carrier, connectionsintermediate said carrier and said reciprocating lever to move one ofsaid levers out of operative position, and allow the other lever to bemoved into operative position, and mechanism for holding said tworeciprocating levers in an inoperative position, and mechanism forstopping the loom at predetermined periods, said mechanism operated byeither one of said levers.

5. In a loom of the class described, two

"levers having' a reciprocating movement, a

rock shaft adapted to be rocked in one direction by one lever, and inthe opposite direction by the other lever, and connections from saidrock shaft to a clutch mechanism, and said clutch mechanism, and achenille weft or fur carrier, and connections from said carrier to saidrock shaft to positively rock said shaft, and release the clutchmechanism.

FRED A. VV'HITMORE.

1Witnesses RoBT. G. FOSTER, WILLIAM B. PHELPS.

